K2-55

Planetary system · 520.3 light-years away

K2-55 is 520 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 4,300 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

K2-55 b goes round its star every 2.85 days, 31 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,300 K
Mass0.688 solar masses
Radius0.715 solar radii
Luminosity0.1643 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.519
Distance from the Sun520.3 light-years (159.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 333.7519°, Dec -17.2508°
ConstellationAquarius

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
K2-55 b2.85 days0.0349 AU4.43 R⊕44 M⊕Transit, 2016

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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